Lisunov LI-2 crash, Aug 26, 1954 (26 killed), Yuzhno-Sakh...
Lisunov LI-2 accident on August 26, 1954 near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Sakhalin oblast, Russia with 26 fatalities. Cause: Radio compass was tuned to a...
- Date: August 26, 1954
- Aircraft: Lisunov LI-2
- Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Sakhalin oblast, Russia
- Fatalities: 26
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Radio compass was tuned to a military airfield frequency, causing a navigation error, and the aircraft struck a hill on descent.
An Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 (CCCP-L4679) on a scheduled flight from Khabarovsk crashed inverted into a wooded slope of Mt Komissarskaya, about 13.5 km southeast of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport, on 26 August 1954 during an approach. Of 27 people aboard, 26 died and one passenger was found alive a day later.